Description

Twayne Publishers [Published Date: 1994]. Softcover, 500 pp. First printing, with full number line. In acceptable+. Cream pictorial paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Front cover has 3" slit along fold of front cover at spine which has been repaired with clear tape. Binding tight. Thin black remainder mark line on bottom edge of text block. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Some black and white illustrations. [From back cover] Widely viewed as one of America's most important and innovative writers, Stephen Crane and his works are currently enjoying a critical revival. His brief life, however, has been poorly documented, and previous biographies have never fully separated fact from fiction. Utilizing new external evidence from recently discovered letters, contemporary newspapers and magazines, and unpublished reminiscences, The Crane Log is the first reliable source of information on: Crane's childhood, youth, and education; his experiences in New York's Bowery (which culminated in the publication of Maggie); the composition and publication of The Red Badge of Courage and the notoriety that this book brought the author; Crane's adventures as a war correspondent in Greece and Cuba; and his final months in England. Complemented by a rich array of photographs, brief biographies of significant people in Crane's life, detailed source notes, and a comprehensive index, The Crane Log is destined to become the scholarly foundation upon which all future biographic and critical interpretations of Crane's life and writings will be based.